英文摘要 |
This study has two purposes: First, investigating the effect of teachers teaching using materials with combing multimedia and concept maps on students’ cognitive learnig. Second, examining whether cognitive load has a mediating effect on the relationship between teachers teaching using materials with combing multimedia and concept maps and students’ cognitive achievement. A quasi-experimental design is used and the participants have total 114 from two freshmen classes at the business college of a university in mid Taiwan. Data analysis methods include a one-way analysis of covariance, a Sobel’s z test and a path analysis. The empirical results as follows: 1. Teachers teaching using materials with combining multimedia and concept maps have a positive effect on reducing students’ cognitive load and improving their learning achievement. 2. Cognitive load mediates the effect of teachers teaching using materials with combing multimedia and concept maps on students’ cognitive achievement. Based on the empirical results obtained from this study, we suggest that instructors can use the materials of combination of multimedia and concept map to teach, which can reduce the cognitive load of students in the learning process and hence can improve their academic achievement. |